Organic amine derivatives and method of obtaining same



resenting the products of. the invention is,

Patented,- June 23, 1942 ORGANIC AMINE DERIVATIVES AND METHOD OF OBTAINDIG SAME- Edward W. Tillitson,

Parke, Davis 8; Company,

poration of Michigan Detroit, Mich, assignor to Detroit, Mich a cor- No Drawing. Application August 8, 1938, Serial No. 223,763

15 Claims. (01. 260-211 The invention relates to a new class of products obtained by the interaction of organic amines,

have, in greater or less degree, the valuable prop erty of being more soluble in aqueous solutions than the original amine free base used in the reaction. 4

The type formula which may be used for rep- R S OaX N-CHCHOH-R RI where R is a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon radical, R' is a member of the class hydrogen and a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon radical, X is an alkali metal, and R" is a member of the group hydrogen, lower alkyl and hydroxy alkyl radicals.

Apparently, the hydroxy aldehyde bisulfite amine derivatives of the invention are comparatively easily decomposed in aqueous solution to give the original amine and can therefore be used. instead of the amine and in many instances has an application where the free unreacted amine is unsuitable. The new compounds are especially valuable because of their increased solubility.

v gen, lower alkyl and hydroxy alkyl.

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'sulfone when condensed with sodium bisulfite These latter compounds are preferred because many of them are very effective antiseptics and germicides. They can be prepared for therapeutic administration in much higher concentrations than is possible with the corresponding amine free base. For example,

and an. aldose or sugar, such as dextrose, gives a product which has the enormously increased solubility in aqueous solution of about 3,000 times that of the diamino diphenyl sulfone free base itself. This increase in solubility is obtained without any loss in antiseptic power when chemically equivalent quantities of the hydroxy aldehyde bisulfite condensate are compared with the free amine itself.

When the hydroxyaldehyde which reacts with the alkali bisulfite and the amine is an aldose, it may be a mono-saccharose or a di-saccharose and may contain two or more carbon atoms in the sugar part of the molecule.

The compounds of the aldo-sugar bisulfite type are particularly useful because the sugar and the bisulfite parts of the molecule are non-toxic and readily eliminated by the body and this enhances their therapeutic value.

In obtaining the compounds of the invention, the amine free base, the hydroxy aldehyde, and

the bisulfite salt maybe brought together for reaction in any order. Preferably, however, the bisulfite and the hydroxy aldehyde or sugar are first reacted and this reaction product is then further reacted or condensed with the amine free base.

Examples of compounds which come within the scope of the invention are the dextrose sodium sulfonate derivatives of p-amino phenoxyethanol, mphenylene diamino, o-amino phenol, p-amino phenol, p-amino ethylbenzoate, 3-amin0- 4-(p-hydroxy ethoxy) phenyl arsenox-x ide, 3-amino-4-(B-hydroxy-n-propoxy) phenyl arsenoxide, p-amino acetanilide, p-toluidine,v

p-ethylaniline, aniline, p-amino acetophenone, benzidine, p-amino dimethylaniline, 3-amino-4- hydroxy phenyl arsenoxide, 4-amino phenyl arsenoxide, 4,4f-diamino arsenobenzene, 3,3'-di 3,3'-dir amino-4,4'-dihydroxy arsenobenzene, amino-4,4-dl(,5-hydroxy ethoxy) arsenobenzene, neutral acriflavine, m-nitro aniline, o-toluidine, o-chloro aniline,

(p'-amino benzenesulfonyl-p-amino benzenesulfonamide), diamino diphenyl sulfone, diamino diphenyl sulfoxide, diamino diphenyl sulfide, diamino diphenyl disulflde, diamino diphenyl disulfoxide, p-amino p'-nitro diphenyl sulfoxide,

diamino diphenyl pwbromo aniline, sulfanilamide (p-amino benzenesulfonamide), disulfanilamide fone free base.

procaine (p-amino diethyl amino ethylbenzoate) 2-naphthyl'amine 6 sulfonic acid, 1 amino-2- naphthol-4-sulfonic acid, p-amino phenoxy-acetone, 2-amino-4-nitrophenol, p-nitro aniline, (2,4-dinitro aniline), 5-amino-8-hydroxy quinoline, di-n-butylamine, di-isopropylamine, 1- ephedrine base, pseudo-ephedrine base, 2-amino-noctane, etc.

It is preferred, although it is not necessary,

that the hydroxyl group of the hydroxy aldeprobably present as in a sulfonic acid group,

the sulfur having a valence of six instead of four. Hence, it seems proper to call the new compounds hydroxy aldehyde alkali metal sulfonate derivatives.

In the case of the diamino diphenyl sulfone and R'NH2 represents the organic amine. On the basis of these reactions, there would be a possibility of decomposition of the final condensate in aqueous solutions and the presence of. an excess of bisulfite salt or hydroxy aldehyde, or both, would in some cases tend to.pre vent the amine aldehyde bisulflte condensate from decomposing with precipitation of the less soluble amine free base.

The condensation can be carried out not only in aqueous solution but also, when the amine is sufficiently thermostable, by fusing the reactants together in the dry state. The fact that the condensates generally have far greater solubility than the amine free bases from which they are derived, shows that definite compounds are formed, probably in accordance with the equations given above.

When obtaining the products of the invention by fusion of the reagents in the dry state, it is preferred that the hydroxy aldehyde be brought -to the liquid state, by heating if necessary, and

derivatives the sugar bisulfite condensates have been found to have a solubility on the order of several hundred or several thousand timesthat of the corresponding diamino diphenyl sulfone free bases. This increase in solubility is obtained without simultaneous decrease in the therapeutic activity of the diamino diphenyl sul- Other condensation products of the invention have also been found to have a very greatly increased solubility over the free base and without loss of antiseptic activity. This property of increasing the solubility of the free base makesit possible to administer relatively high concentrations of 'i'ntemal antiseptic in very small volumes of solution, thus providing more convenient and better tolerated therapeutic preparations.

In reacting the amine free base with the hydroxy aldehyde and the bisulfite salt it may be desirable in some cases to use an excess of the aldehyde and bisulflte since I have found that the presence of an excess of the latter two substances frequently results in concentrated aqueous solutions of the condensate being more stable than when equimolecular proportions are reacted. For instance. a mole of sulfanilamide can be reacted with about 1.2 moles of sodium bisulflte and about 1.4 moles of dextrose or even higher proportions to give a product which is more stable, especially in aqueous solutions of high concentration, than the product obtained by using exact equimolecular quantities of re- SOKNB where RCHO represents the hydroxyaldehyde the alkali bisulflte first added and then the amine free base. Vigorous stirring may be required and in the case of some aldehydes, such as sugars, careful temperature control may also be advisable in order to obtain a pure white product.

The following examples will serve to illustrate the invention:

EXAMPLE l.Sulfanilamide dextrose sodium sulfonate (reaction'in solution) 375 grams of dextrose and grams of so- Approximately 30 or 40 times as much of the dry product can be brought into solution as is possible with sulfanilamlde itself. Furthermore, the sulfanilamide, dextrose sodium sulfonate product of this example has the same order of antiseptic power as an equivalent amount of sulfanilamide itself.

EXAMPLE 2.-. S'ulfanilamide dextrose sodium suljonate (reaction by fusion) 472 grams of dextrose are fused at a tempera ture not substantially in excess of C. and 181 grams of sodium .bisulfite rapidly stirred into the fused dextrose. By stirring the reactants, a

uniform pasty mass free from lumps is obtained.

250 grams of suifanilamide are rapidly stirred i into this pasty mass, after which the hot material is spread out in a thin layer, and cooled in vacuo. Moisture resulting from the condensation reaction is removed during the cooling in vacuo. The dry solid product is a porous mass and may be pulverized if desired. The reaction product is the same as that obtained in Example 1 and has the same properties.

Exmru: 3.-S1illanilamide d-aalactose sodimn sulfonate 24.3 grams of d-galactose'and 12.5 grams of sodium bisulfite are dissolved in about 50 cc, of hot water. About 17.2 grams of sulfanilamide are added and the heating continued for about 30 minutes. The reaction product may be diluted further with water or may be brought to dryness as described for the product of Example 1 above.

EXAMPLE 4.Sulfanilamide maltose sodium suljonate EXAMPLE 5.-Sul,fanilamide lactose sodium sulfonate 36 grams of lactose, 10.5 grams of sodium bisulfite and 1'7 grams of sulfanilamide are added .to about 300 cc. of water and heated until the reaction is complete and all of the product is in solution, The final solution of the condensate resembles that of the preceding examples and upon evaporating the solvent the dry solid product is obtained. It has about the same appearance as the dry product of the preceding examples.

EXAMPLE 6.-Sulfanilamide glyceraldehyde sodium su'lfouate 92 grams of glyceraldehyde, 104 grams of sodium bisulfite and 1'70 grams of sulfanilamide are heated in 250 cc. of water until solution is complete. v product can be obtained in dry form by evaporation of the solvent.

EXAMPLE 7.p'-Aminobenzene sulfonyl p-amino benzene sulfonamide dextrose sodium sulfonate EXAMPLE 9.-Dz'amino diphenyl sulfone di-dextrose sodium sulfonate (reaction by fusion) 540 grams of dextrose are fused at a tempera- .ture not to exceed about 150 C. and 190 grams of sodium bisulfite rapidly stirred into the fused dextrose. When the fusion mixture becomes uniform 248 grams of p,p'-diamino diphenyl sulfone are stirred in. A pasty product is thereby obtained and after cooling and removing moisture, if necessary in vacuo, an amorphous solid diamino diphenyl sulfone dextrose sodium sulfonate product is obtained which can be readily pulverized to a white amorphous powder. The solid product is readily soluble in water to give a clear colorless solution. The solid product of this example when dissolved in water gives solutions of the same condensate as described in Example 8.

The diamino diphenyl sulfone dextrose sodium sulfonate product of this example and of Example 8 is two or three thousand times as soluble in water as the original p,p-diamino diphenyl sulfone free base. Thus, the free base is soluble to the extent of about one one-hundredth'of 1% in water, whereas the condensate with dextrose and sodium bisulfite can be made up in solutions as strong as 25% or strength. This is a distinct advantage when preparing therapeutic s0- lutions, for example for injection purposes, where it is desirable that the therapeutically active substance be injected in a solution having as small The resulting solution of the reaction.

Three grams of disulfanilamide (p-aminobcnzene sulfony] p-amino benzene sulfonamide), 2 grams of dextrose and 1.1 grams of sodium bisulfite are boiled in 20 cc. of water until solution is complete. The water is then evaporated oil, thereby giving the solid condensation product which readily dissolves in concentrations far greater than is possible with the amine free base r used as a starting material.

EXAMPLE 8.Diamino diphenyl suljone di-dczctrose sodium sulfonate (reaction in solution) solution of diamino diphenyl sulfonedextrose sodium sulfonate. It may be used directly for therapeutic administration, especially as an internal antiseptic. The solvent can be removed or evaporated from this product to give the dry' white amorphous solid diamino diphenyl sulfone'dextrose sodium sulfonate, probably having the formula,

SOaNB I NHCH(CHOH)4CH1OH S 0; SOaNa a volume as possible.

4.6 grams of p,p'-diamino diphenyl sulfoxide,

14 .5 grams of dextrose and 5 grams of sodium bi-' sulfite are heated to boiling in 50 cc. of water until a completely clear solution is obtained. The productis a solution of diamino diphenyl sulfoxide di-dextrose sodium sulfonate.

The corresponding diamino diphenyl sulfoxide mono-dextrose sodium sulfonate compound is obtained by carrying out this example with the use of about one-half the proportions of dextrose and sodium bisulfite. The mono-compound is several hundred times as soluble as the diamino diphenyl sulfoxide free base, but is less soluble than the diamino diphenyl sulfoxide di-dextrose sodium sulfonate compound. The formulas for the monoand the di-compounds of this example are,

' 1 some @NH-JJH(CHOH)4CH;OH o=s l NHz v Mono-compound some -Ne-c in-(onon ,cmon o=s some NHCH-(CHOH)4CH2OH Di-compound EXAMPLE 11.-Amino nitro diphenyl sulfortide dextrose sodium sulfonate ter. Complete solution is obtained in a few minutes. The solution contains p-amino-p'-nltro diphenyl sulioxide dextrose sodium :sultonate,

which may be obtained in solid form by evaporation oi. the solvent.

EXAMPLE 12.--3,3-diamino-4,4'-dihydroa:y arsenobenzene-N,N'-di-dextrose sodium sulfonate 25 grams of 3-amino-4-hydroxy phenyl arsonic acid are reduced to the arseno compound by'the usual means. The neutral wet paste of the arseno compound is'reacted with 25 grams ofdextrose and .12' grams of sodium bisulfite in hot aqueous solution under a carbon dioxide atmosphere to give a light yellow stable solution of the arsenical suitable for injection administration.

EXAMPLE 13.-3,3'- diamino 4,4 d i-(fl-h'ydroxyethoxy) arsenobenzene-N,N'nil-dextrose sodium sulfonate 25 grams of 3-amino-4-;i-hydroxy ethoxy phenyl arsonic acid hydrate is reduced to the corresponding arseno compound with excess hypophosphorous acid. The neutralized wet pasty arseno compound is heated in an inert atmosphere at 80 with 22 grams of dextrose and 10.6

grams of sodium bisulfite,dissolved in 100 cc. of water and cc. ethylene glycol until the solu-,

tion is clear. The final volume is about 160 cc. The product is a light yellow stable solution suitable for injection purposes containing the arsenical in much higher concentration than can be obtained with the diamino free base alone.

EXAMPLE 14.3-amino-4-hydro:ry phenyl arsenoxide dextrose sodium 'sulfonatc Ten grams of 3-amino-4-hydroxyv phenyl arsenoxide, 13 grams of dextrose and 6.8 grams of sodium. bisulfite are heated with '75 cc. of water until solution is complete. The solution is filtered and then cooled in a carbon dioxide atmosphere. The ampouled solution is clear, stable and suitable for injection purposes.

The solution can be brought to dryness in a vacuum and the solid 3-amino-4-hydroxy phcnyl arsenoxide dextrose sodium sulfonate obtained. It has the formula, 1

replaceable amino hydrogen atom.

2. Method for obtaining a derivative of an amino-substituted diphenylv sulfone, an amino group oi. which has a replaceable hydrogen atom which comprises heating to a temperature not substantially above 155 C. to efiect a reaction between an aldo-sugar. an alkali metal bisulfite and said amino-substituted diphenyl sulioneunder conditions which cause said compounds to condense together with elimination of water and production of a water-soluble product.

3. Method for obtaining a derivative of an amino-substituted diphenyl sulione, an amino group of which has a replaceable hydrogen atom which comprises heating to a temperature not substantially above, 155? C. to efl'ect a reaction between dextrose, an alkali metal bisulfite and said amino-substituted diphenyl 'sulfone under conditions which cause said compounds to con- 'lense together with elimination of water and production of a water-soluble product.

4. Method for obtaining a. derivative of diamino diphenyl sulfone which comprises heating to a temperature not substantially above 155 C. to effect a reaction betweendextrose. an alkali metal bisulfite and said diamino diphenyl sulfone under conditions which cause said compounds to condense together with elimination of water and production of a water-soluble product.

5. Method for obtaining diamino diphenyl sulfone dextrose sodium sulfonate which comprises heating to a temperature not substantially above 155 C. to effect a reaction between dextrose, sodrum bisulfite and diamino diphenyl sulfone under conditions which cause said compounds to condense together with elimination of water and production of a water-soluble product.

6. Method for obtaining 'a D.D'-diamino diphenyl sulfone dextrose sodium sulfonate which comprises fusing dextrose at a temperature not substantially above 155 C. with sodium bisulfite and thereafter reacting the hot fusion product with p,p'-diamino diphenyl'sulione under conditions which cause said compounds to condense together with elimination of water and production of a water-soluble product.

7. Organic amine derivatives having'the formula R S 03X N-CHCHOH-R where R is a hydrocarbon radical, R is a mem ber of the class hydrogen and a hydrocarbon radical, X is an alkali metal and R" is a member of the group hydrogen, lower alkyl and hydroxy alkyl radicals.

8. Organicamine derivatives of the formula,

where R. is a hydrocarbon radical; R is a member of the class hydrogen and a hydrocarbon radical, X is an alkali metal and R" is a hydroxy alkyl radical. Y

-9. p,p'-Diamino diphenyl sulfone dextrose sodium s-ulionate. I

10. Method for obtaining a derivative of an,

organic amine which comprises heating toza temperature not substantially above 155 C. to

effect a reaction between an aliphatic a-hydroxy aldehyde, an alkali metal bisulfite and a primary aryl amine under conditions which cause said compounds to condensetosether with elimination of water and production of a water-soluble product.

1l. Method for" obtaining a derivative of an organic amine which comprises heating to a temperature not substantially above 155. C. to efiect a reaction between an aliphatic u-hydroxy aldehyde, an alkali metal bisulfite and an organic amine having a replaceable hydrogen atom under conditions which cause said compounds to condense together with elimination of water and production of a water-soluble product.

12. Method for obtaining a derivative of an amino-substituted diphenyl sulfone, an amino group of which has a replaceable hydrogen atom,

which comprises heating to a temperature not substantially above 155 C. to efiect a reaction between an aliphatic a-hydroxy aldehyde, an al-'-' kali metal bisulfite and the amino-substituted dlphenyl sulfone under conditions which cause said compounds to condense together with elimination of water and production of a water-soluble product.

13. p,p'-Dla.mino diphenyl sulfoxide di-dextrose sodium sulfonate.

wherein Ph is a phenyl nucleus,.x is'an alkali metal and-R" is a member of the group hydrozen, lower alkyl and hydroxy alkyl.

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